Assessing ABET outcomes
Dr. Bob Hurt
Faculty Associate for Assessment and
Academic Program Review
Building 98-T7-13
Cal Poly Pomona
x. 3472
[email protected]
Outline
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Guiding principles of program
assessment
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Generic steps in program assessment
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Assessing communication skills
Guiding principles
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Program assessment
isn’t something you
get done; it’s
something you get
on with doing.
In most cases, the
best program
assessment involves
embedded
assessment.
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Program assessment
data belong to the
faculty; they are not
to be forcibly used
for personnel
evaluations of any
type.
The process is the
outcome.
Generic steps in program
assessment (1 of 2)
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Articulate program
goals / expected
competencies.
Identify places in
the curriculum
where competencies
are developed.
Adapt / develop
tools & scoring
rubrics.
Generic steps in program
assessment (2 of 2)
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Collect and analyze
artifacts using
rubrics.
Dialogue about
results and their
implications.
Start the process
again.
Assessing communication
skills (1 of 4)
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Program goal
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Curriculum
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Tools
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Rubrics
Assessing communication
skills (2 of 4)
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Program goal
Engineering graduates
should be able to
communicate
effectively.
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Curriculum
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Introductory courses
Senior project
Assessing communication
skills (3 of 4)
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Tools
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Short-answer exam
questions
Course papers
Current event
summaries
Assessing communication
skills (4 of 4)
Author
Title
Publication
info
E. Weber
Student
Assessment
that Works
Allyn &
Bacon, 1999
M. Wardell & Essay rubric
S. Haro
CSU San
Marcos,
1995
Rubric link